#338CA6#338CA6

#338CA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.091 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338CA6
RGB	rgb(51, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.25, -17.69, -21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.25, 27.79, 230.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% -0.069 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.091 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6234, 22.2112, 39.4274)
Luminance	0.2221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338CA6 #A64D33

analogous

#33A686 #338CA6 #3353A6

triadic

#338CA6 #A6338C #8CA633

tetradic

#338CA6 #8633A6 #A64D33 #53A633

square

#338CA6 #8633A6 #A64D33 #53A633

split-complementary

#338CA6 #A63353 #A68633

monochromatic

#163D48 #256577 #338CA6 #4EADC9 #7CC2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#338CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#338CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338CA6

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338CA6	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C88A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.091 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc0',
    500: '#338ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338ca6;
$custom-light: #79adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.565,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59845,
    "c": 0.09132,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338CA6

secondary

#C08675

accent

#6C4BDC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #338CA6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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